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United States Statutes at Large. 1789/1873- (UWF Library Law Collection KF 50 U5)
Once a law has been passed by Congress and signed by the President (or passed over his veto) it is disseminated to the public. The first printed form of the legislation is published in a pamphlet called a 'Slip Law.' Slip laws are eventually cumulated chronologically by session and published in volumes entitled United States Statutes at Large. Each volume of this official statutory text contains a subject and an individual index. Earlier years are on available on microfiche.
Sample citation: 94 Stat. 3124.Online Versions:.Congressional Universe 1789- includes law within 10 days of passageTHOMAS 1973 http://thomas.loc.govPublic Lawshttp://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/collection.action?collectionCode=PLAWUnited States Code: Containing the General and Permanent Laws of the United States. 2000. (UWF Library Law Collection KF 62 2000 A2)
The U.S. Code provides access to current laws by arranging them into 50 broad subject areas called titles. This work is published every six years and is updated annually with supplements. Sample citation: 1 U.S.C. Sec. 908.
The United States Code Annotated (UWF Library Law Collection KF 62 1927 W45) presents all the current laws in title number order but it also provides annotations of the court decisions which have interpreted each section of the code.
Sample citation: 42 U.S.C.A. Sec. 158.
It is supplemented by U.S. Code Congressional and Administrative News (UWF Library Law Collection KF 48 U5).Online Versions:Lexis Nexis Academic Universe. 1996-United States Code. 1996- http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscodeU.S. House of Representatives. 1994- http://uscode.house.gov/search/criteria.shtmlUnited States Code (GPO). 1996- http://www.gpoaccess.gov/uscode/index.html

United States Law Week. 1987/88- (UWF Library Law Collection K 25 N568 )
A loose-leaf service which mails Supreme Court decisions on the day they are decided. Subject, case and docket number (for an upcoming case) indexes are provided. Electronic sources of Supreme Court calendars, schedules and biographies of justices are:Online versions :Legal Information Institute 1990- http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/index.html